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Originally posted by winnieb
So yes, anyone has the same stresses in life--but with kids those stresses overflow into work-since puking, chicken pox and the school nurse don't care what deadlines are there--and women do have to work harder tomake sure it all gets done.
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I'm not saying that this isn't true, but on the other side, when you're at work and you're on the phone dealing with your puking kid or you're not at work because your kid is sick and you couldn't take her to daycare or find a sitter, there's a good chance the people picking up the slack are people without kids. That's stressful too, because frankly I don't want to be covering for someone who is dealing with a sick kid, because nobody at work is going to cover for me if my cat is sick or if I have some other reason I want to ditch out of work early that's not related to a child.
This isn't an issue that really bothers me, by the way, but I just want to point out that it exists.